Simon Says Stamp...Wednesday Challenge 15th August!

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back for another...

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This weeks challenge is: Back to School!

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of their post!
You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! 
All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! 

Good Luck to everyone! 

So this is what I made, which I hope you like!  I'd love you to leave me a comment below.

I started by making myself a template of an apple, stalk and leaves. I drew it onto scrap paper, cut it out and marked it 'template' so I didn't throw it away so I have it for always. I then traced around the template onto a card blank, overhanging part of the apple over the scored section so when I cut it out it would still be a folded card.

I then covered the apple shaped card blank with red paper.  I coloured the leaves and stalk using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink pads.  I scored down the centre of leaves, used foam pads and attached to front of card.  I then glued the stalk to inside of card front.

I tied a bow from organza ribbon, then added a button and tied the two together with twine, securing with a bow at the front.

I stamped and embossed 'thanks teacher' using WOW! Embossing Powder : Bright White onto black card stock, trim to size and attach to apple. I cut the stamp wording into individual words so I could create my own sentiment 'you + me = awesome!' Add stamped and coloured crayons beneath sentiment.

I then stamped and coloured the cute owl from Pink and Main Owl Nerds stamp set adding glossy accents to the Owl's glasses.

Hope you like my card today, be sure to go check out all the inspiration on the SSS Wednesday Challenge Blog post for all the talented Design Team!

Can't wait to see what you make too!  Good Luck you could win $50 to spend at SSS on-line!

See you next week for a brand new challenge!
Julie
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